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| IRA spends stolen cash |
| 2005-03-30 |
 BELFAST: The Irish Republican Army has laundered money stolen in a massive bank robbery in Belfast last December by buying properties in Britain, a newspaper reported yesterday, citing an Irish government source. The £26.5 million (BD19m) seized from the Northern Bank in the heist was quickly separated into "five or six parcels", according to the Irish Times. Immediately after the robbery, the militant group started exploring the housing market across Britain, the daily said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 No one in England will take these notes and most english people are convinced they are fakes. I dunno. The clincher here is the 'most english' part; not all of the rest are necessarily English. Offer them at 2:1 to the right people and many things can happen. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2005-03-30 12:55:02 PM |
| #4 I still have a collection of Northerin Ireland bank notes. So many ways to express the Pound Sterling. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-03-30 10:41:07 AM |
| #3 Maybe they should invest in a decent PR man too. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2005-03-30 4:04:45 AM |
| #2 Most of the stolen money consisted of notes issued by N Irish banks, but not all. One or two of those parcels could have been Bank of England issue. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2005-03-30 1:46:52 AM |
| #1 Mmmm! I recall the notes were the Northern bank's own issue (Each Northern Irish bank issues its own currency). No one in England will take these notes and most english people are convinced they are fakes. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-03-30 12:20:24 AM |